Singapore-based cloud Bitcoin miner BitFuFu has logged its most significant production month for the year, attributed to an expanded mining fleet. BitFuFu said on Monday it mined 445 Bitcoin in June, representing an 11.3% month-over-month increase for the firm. It said that 387 Bitcoin (BTC) came from cloud mining and 58 from self-mining. Leo Lu,…
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has accepted Trump Media’s application for a Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded fund, starting the clock for the agency to approve or reject the proposed fund. The ETF proposes offering investors exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) through shares listed on NYSE Arca backed by the crypto assets, with…
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Russia’s energy ministry has launched a national registry of crypto mining rigs to weed out miners that dodge tax payments and illegal setups that steal power from the grid. State-run newspaper RIA Novosti said in a report on Friday that the Russian Ministry of Energy, the Federal Tax Service and the Ministry of Digital Development…
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The US Justice Department has launched a probe into a former ransomware negotiator, accused of striking deals with hackers to take a cut of the crypto used to pay the extortionists. In a statement to Cointelegraph, DigitalMint President Marc Grens confirmed that one of the firm’s former employees is the target of an ongoing criminal…
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Australian crypto billionaire Tim Heath narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt in Estonia last year by biting off part of the attacker’s index finger, an Estonian court has heard. Heath, a long-time crypto investor, was attacked by two men posing as painters in the stairwell of his apartment building in July last year. There has been…
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Losses to crypto hacks, exploits and scams spiked to $2.47 billion in the first half of 2025, but the second quarter saw a decline in the total number of hacks, says blockchain security firm CertiK. Over $800 million was lost across 144 incidents in Q2, a 52% decrease in value lost compared to the previous…
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The US Treasury has sanctioned the Russia-based Aeza Group, along with its top brass and a crypto wallet connected to the service, for allegedly hosting ransomware and info-stealers. Aeza Group, a bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider, allegedly sells access to specialized servers and other computer infrastructure to help cyber criminals conduct ransomware campaigns and steal…
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German banking giant Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe reportedly has plans to adopt crypto trading services, giving its more than 50 million customers access to crypto trading by the summer of 2026 in a major shift for the institution. Dekabank, a bank already involved in crypto, has been tapped to manage the new crypto service through the Sparkasse app,…
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Stablecoin issuer Circle has applied to establish a national trust bank in the United States that, among other duties, would oversee the firm’s USDC reserve on behalf of its US issuer. If the application is approved by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Circle’s First National Digital Currency Bank would be…
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An unlucky trader was liquidated eight times in the last week, according to blockchain analytics service Lookonchain. The trader, under the handle Qwatio, saw a total loss of $12.5 million. In the latest liquidation on Monday, Lookonchain said Qwatio was partially liquidated for an Ether (ETH) position that was leveraged by 25X. A new liquidation price…
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